Family time - Temple Square

Yesterday, we spent a few hours downtown Salt Lake City on Temple Square. This place will always feel like my second home. I served an LDS mission here about 9 years ago and ABSOLUTELY loved it. It's always fun to go back and walk through the grounds with my little family.

Felt Dessert - Chocolate Chip Cookies

Here is another tutorial on felt chocolate chip cookies. A perfect addition to my kids' little store.

You will need:

2 sandstone felt circles// Fiber fill// Glue gun// Little pieces of brown felt

Make a sandwich by having the 2 circle pieces on the outside and the filler (just a little bit) in the middle then sew around the edges as shown in the picture

Once you are done sewing around the cookie, add some glue on the little brown pieces and stick them onto the cookie

Now, who doesn't like warm chocolate chip cookies and a glass of milk?

Felt Dessert - Key Lime Pie

My kids are so excited to finally have food to sell in their 'store'. For Christmas, I made them a 'pretend dessert store'. I have been playing around with felt fabric and I am amazed at what one can do with it. We have made pie, cupcakes, donuts, macaroons, cake, cookies, sandwiches and I am in the process of making puppets; so exciting! It's fun to watch my kids role play as cashiers, store keepers, customers etc. The store only cost me less than $10 to make and I LOVE LOVE LOVE the fact that my kids are LOVING it.

 These red plates are part of the store.

Here is a tutorial on how I made the KEY LIME PIE. I will post the cupcake, donut, cookies and other desserts in the next coming days.

You will need:

Neon green felt// Brown felt (sandstone)// Fiberfill// Stiff Pellon// box. I got everything from Joanns and I had some stuff already

Attach the felt strip to the triangle (top of the pie)

I used a regular pair of scissors to cut ridges on the edge of the 'crust' felt. Then I attached the green felt to the crust as shown above

Fold your pellon strip in the middle, then stick it into the pie. I added pellon just to help maintain the shape of the pie once I added the stuffing

Then I added the box cut out inside the pie at the base; in order to stabilize the bottom of the finished pie. Add stuffing and then sew the edges together as illustrated in the picture

 Your finished piece of pie should look like this. Then attach the frosting on top, voila! you are done.
Find the FROSTING TUTORIAL here

Come back and see the other dessert tutorials and the diy store next week here on the blog

Felt Frosting DIY

I think these images are self explanatory. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask. I used a little saucer to make my circles. Adjust the size of the circle according to the size of the fronting you want. I used this frosting in making felt cupcakes and pie (here) toppings.

Family time - Bowling

Victory! It was a successful family outing because everyone behaved so well and loved it.

For Family Home Evening, Diana got to choose the activity. She chose to go bowling. The last time James and I went bowling was when we were dating:( So, we were excited to go with the kids. They both got competitive it was fun to watch their little 'game' faces.

Animal Print kid's Jeggings DIY

I realize this post is a few days late..

Anyway, this is the outfit Diana wore for Valentine's. I made her the cute pom poms for her hair and these jaguar jeggings. I got the fabric from fabric.com. It's a beautiful, cotton sateen with a little stretch; perfect for these pants.  I get 90% of my fabric from fabric.com, I LOVE their huge fabric selection and pricing.

Crossed fingers??! I wonder what that is all about..

Here is how I made the jeggings. You will need:

1/2 yard Fabric (this fabric is 57" wide, so 1/2 a yard was enough)
1" elastic
Matching thread

Most of the time I use old clothes for a pattern. I lay my pattern flat on the floor and cut at least 1" away from the edges.

Here are the two pieces for the back legs. Turn the 'pattern' pants around and cut the two pieces for the front legs

Put the 2 back pieces together and sew the top part. Do the same for the front legs

Turn the fabric and let the right sides face each other. Then sew them together around the edges as above

Then fold the openings twice and sew. Do the same for the waist. Add your elastic and you are done.

 Diana's favorite part about taking pictures is making silly faces. Black & white jaguar fabric/ Sweatshirt from JC penny no longer available/ Red rain boots/ Pom Pom hair clip made by me

This whole outfit cost less than $25. Now, that puts a huge SMILE on my face.

I love LOVE love these rain boots. I bought 2 pairs at $20. Eli got them in blue. The sweatshirt is also another favorite of mine. I knew she would rock it so I got it for just $8.